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Perfectly Paranormal
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I kinda feel for the boys mother.. It must be hard having a child like that. Trying to get him help until she had to turn him in because she suspected that he had done something as heinous as this.
I'm glad she made the right decision.
I'm glad she made the right decision.
Brillig
Danse Macabre Instructor
Very true. My friends have a son who was quite disturbed. Before age 13 he didn't have to go to therapy if he didn't want. After 13, he also didn't have to take badly needed psych meds if he didn't want to.
When he became increasingly violent, physically attacking his mom, she finally resorted to calling the police, but they wouldn't take him in because he was quite small for his age and has a physical disability, so cops were concerned he might be injured in juvenile detention and there were never psych beds available.
Sometimes even if parents have good insurance, good intentions, and know their kid is disturbed, there is almost nothing they can do. It's a national tragedy.
Brillig
Danse Macabre Instructor
I don't know if my friends ever received that advice, but the kid is doing better than he was. He managed to graduate from high school (barely) and now he has a part time job and is taking a couple college classes. The police no longer need to be called. He seldom has meltdowns. Things aren't perfect, but they are better than they were. So there is hope, in some cases.
GingerSnap99
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Unfortunately, we are going to be seeing this type of defense more often over the next decade, especially in Florida. The whole “the rate of autism is increasing” argument over the last 10 years or more can be better explained by also saying “the rate of childhood mental illness is increasing.” When a kid with bipolar/schizophrenia is 2-4 years old, they present as autistic. I see it all of the time. They usually have a few more things going on that can’t be explained using the autism diagnosis (violent behaviors, hurting animals, seeing people who aren’t there, etc); nevertheless, they slap an ASD diagnosis on them. Now we’ve got this generation entering their mid-teens and late-teens with obvious mental illness but they’ve never been treated for it because “they’re autistic.” There was a high school boy last school year here near me who made a list of everyone he intended to kill when he brought a gun to school. The note was found and they had a meeting. In the meeting, a PROFESSIONAL said, and I quote, “well this is just a manifestation of his autism.” I’ve been working with ASD kids and kids with every kind of disability for 15 years. THAT kind of behavior is not autism. So, yes. We’ll be seeing it a lot.
Teen accused of molesting and killing New Carlisle girl, 6, intends to claim insanity
Mental competency has been at the center of Anthony Hutchens' case since it was first charged in juvenile court.news.yahoo.com
Another example—the Parkland shooter has an ASD diagnosis.
Hello @GingerSnap99. Welcome.
I remember reading an article about autism in some weekly news magazine or other from the mid-60s. The author interviewed a child who had "recovered from autism", and recorded him saying that he saw teddy bears dancing on the walls when he was "still autistic". And even pre-teen or early teen me thought that sounded more like hallucinations than what the rest of the article described.
This was decades ago, yet the teddy bears dancing on the walls stuck in my head -- to fall out early this morning. Seems like mental illness has been disguised as autism for a long time.
--Al
I remember reading an article about autism in some weekly news magazine or other from the mid-60s. The author interviewed a child who had "recovered from autism", and recorded him saying that he saw teddy bears dancing on the walls when he was "still autistic". And even pre-teen or early teen me thought that sounded more like hallucinations than what the rest of the article described.
This was decades ago, yet the teddy bears dancing on the walls stuck in my head -- to fall out early this morning. Seems like mental illness has been disguised as autism for a long time.
--Al
GingerSnap99
Welcome.
Sometimes I feel like mental health professionals are too eager to slap down a diagnosis, call it good and treat it as such.
Then I think of my own situation with my eldest son who I sought treatment for who resented and resisted every second he was there.
He wouldn't take his medication and after the third visit he refused to go back.
I don't know if he will ever stop resenting me for loving him.
Welcome.
Sometimes I feel like mental health professionals are too eager to slap down a diagnosis, call it good and treat it as such.
Then I think of my own situation with my eldest son who I sought treatment for who resented and resisted every second he was there.
He wouldn't take his medication and after the third visit he refused to go back.
I don't know if he will ever stop resenting me for loving him.
GingerSnap99
Member
Yes! This is another major issue. The mental health system is completely broken right now. Maybe with all of this newfound awareness, some positive changes can be made.
When I was a kid, my aunt completely lost it around age 40. She was diagnosed schizophrenic and was fine when she was on meds, but then would stop taking her meds. Maybe 10 years later we found out her husband had divorced her and left her in the house by herself. Her two grown children disowned her. She had been living in her home without power and water for 6 months. My mom and their other sister stepped up and paid her bills for years. They went to the state and tried to have her committed and put back on meds, but my mom/aunt had no rights to her. Only her husband or children could have her committed and they were now MIA. This was in Florida. Long story short, she lived the next few years, which ended up being the rest of her life, holed up in a house by herself thinking everyone was trying to kill her. The state said that if she wanted help, she had to ask for it, herself.
Anthony Hutchens found guilty in murder, molestation of Grace Ross
Anthony Hutchens, the teenager accused of molesting and murdering six-year-old Grace Ross in 2021, was found guilty by a judge on Thursday.
www.abc57.com
Thank goodness he was tried as an adult.
Grace Ross
Anthony Hutchens sentenced as a juvenile to 55 years for the murder of 6-year-old Grace Ross
The judge ordered the 16-year-old to be held in a juvenile detention facility until he turns 18. The rest of his sentence will then be evaluated.
I hate Indiana with a passion because if he behaves he will be out no later then his 21st birthday.
But of course this little shit appealed his sentence - but it was upheld.
The sexual assault Grace endured while she was still alive was brutal and for that alone he should never be free to hurt another girl.
https://law.justia.com/cases/indiana/court-of-appeals/2023/23a-cr-00918.html
But of course this little shit appealed his sentence - but it was upheld.
The sexual assault Grace endured while she was still alive was brutal and for that alone he should never be free to hurt another girl.
https://law.justia.com/cases/indiana/court-of-appeals/2023/23a-cr-00918.html
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